My favorite Kirby work is The Demon, which is full of fantastic Kirby faces. Issue #10 in particular is absolutely glorious.

Re: Gary Wintle

I had a similar experience. While I grew up reading my dad's old Kirby comics, I went through a phase as a young teen where I became too cool for Kirby. I remember preferring Mike Deodato's Thor - who looked like Fabio with hair extensions - to Kirby's.